Lescott impedes Bent after his attempted clearance is blocked by the Villa striker.

0

0

84

YELLOW

Lescott

NC

This stopped Bent from going towards goal though Kompany was there to cover – should’ve been yellow

0

0

85

OTHER

Hutton

Silva

C

Lunged in dangerously on Silva – advantage played

1

1

85

OTHER

Barry

Agbonlahor

NC

Pulled him back,hand toshoulder – not given

0

0

85

YELLOW

Hutton

NC

Ref should have booked Hutton for his lunge earlier on Silva once play had stopped

0

0

86

OTHER

Warnock

Milner

C

Foul

1

1

87

OTHER

De Jong

Agbonlahor

NC

De Jong Knocked him over – not given

0

0

90

PENALTY

Hutton

C

Hutton kicks the ballout and throws himself down – not a penalty

1

3

90

YELLOW

Hutton

NC

This dive was so pathetic I don’t think the ref realised he was diving

0

1

90+3

OTHER

Clichy

N’Zogbia

C

Sandwiched N’Zogbiabetween himself and Silva

1

1

2nd half score

TOTAL

17

29

%

CORRECT

75,00%

78,26%

YELLOW

2

5

40,00

RED

0

0

PENALTY

2

2

GOAL

4

4

100,00

OTHER

3

5

60,00

11

16

68,75

OFFSIDE

2

2

100,00

TOTAL SCORE

TOTAL

26

38

%

CORRECT

66,67%

69,23%

YELLOW

2

7

28,57

RED

0

0

PENALTY

2

2

100,00

GOAL

4

5

80,00

OTHER

3

6

50,00

11

20

55,00

OFFSIDE

2

3

66,67

Correct calls

For Man City

13

50,00%

For A Villa

13

50,00%

Total correct calls

26

Wrong calls

Against Man City

4

40,00%

Against A Villa

6

60,00%

Total

10

Taylor has a reputation of letting some fouls go and not reaching for the cards too often and perhaps that style hurt his performance on the day as he only managed 63.41% rating (73.40% weighted). Wrong calls were slightly in Manchester City’s favour, 6 – 4.

Manchester City opened the scoring with a bit of controversy as it appeared that Mario Balotelli had controlled the ball with the help of his left arm before shooting the ball into the net from an overhead bicycle kick. A couple of Villa players appealed for a handball but the ref’s vision had been blocked by Kieran Richards and so the goal stood.

Aston Villa also scored a controversial goal as the ball had hit Charles N’Zogbia’s arm before falling to Neil Warnock who pulled one back for Villa. Walter and I concluded that N’Zogbia’s touch was not deliberate and thus according to the rules the goal should stand, even though it doesn’t really seem fair.

In the end it was another comfortable win for Manchester City by 4 goals to 1.